The Summer Tanager is the only entirely red bird in North America — the adult male is an unstreaked, deep rose-red. It has a specialized diet of bees and wasps, capturing them in flight and beating them against a branch to remove the stinger before eating. It catches flying insects on the wing with its stout, somewhat hook-tipped bill.
Habitat
Open deciduous and pine-oak forests of the southern US
Diet
Bees, wasps, beetles, berries, and fruit
How common
Common
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